St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes

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Ingredients

  • 1 (16-oz) pkg white cake mix
  • 1 (3.9-oz) pkg instant vanilla pudding mix
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 Tbsp vanilla extract, divided
  • ½ tsp plus ⅛ tsp salt, divided
  • ¾ cup butter, softened
  • 1 (8-oz) block cream cheese, softened
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • Green food coloring
  • ½ cup peanut butter
  • 24 miniature milk chocolate-peanut butter cups
  • Gold candy pearls
  • 2 (4.5-oz) pkg rainbow sour candy belts, halved

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a 24-cup muffin pan with paper baking cups. Beat cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, sour cream, oil, 1 Tbsp vanilla, and ½ tsp salt in a large bowl with a hand-held mixer or whisk until smooth, being careful not to over mix.
  2. Fill cups two-thirds full with batter. Bake 20 to 22 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of a cupcake comes out clean; cool on wire racks.
  3. Meanwhile, beat butter and cream cheese in a large bowl with a hand-held mixer until light and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes.
  4. Slowly add sugar, beating until smooth. Beat in 1 Tbsp vanilla, ⅛ tsp salt, and desired amount of green food coloring.
  5. Add ½ tsp peanut butter to top of each peanut butter cup; top with gold candy pearls.
  6. Decorate each cupcake with a candy strip to resemble a rainbow and a peanut butter cup to resemble pot of gold.

Nutritional Information

Main Total
Servings 24
Calories
393
393
Fat (g) 21 21
Sat. Fat (g) 10 10
Protein (g) 4 4
Carb (g) 49 49
Fiber (g) 0 0
Sodium (mg) 402 402
T. Sugs (g) 39 39
A. Sugs (g) 38 38

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